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JACK ORVAL EITEL
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 27, 1941 – July 8, 1965
Service recordJack Orval Eitel, of Scott City, Kansas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 8, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 31
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 27, 1941
- Home of record
- Scott City, Kansas (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1965; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 31
- DONALD FRANK MARITPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- EDWARD JOSEPH ALMEIDAPrivate · July 8, 1965
- RICHARD CRAIG BRAMFirst Sergeant · July 8, 1965
- PAUL JOSEPH BRUNOSergeant · July 8, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS DINGWALLMaster Gunnery Sergeant · July 8, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.